Great River Organic Farmer Brown Ale

Brewed by Great River Brewery
Style: Brown Ale
Davenport, Iowa USA

Serve in Dimpled mug

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Festival of Iowa Beers 2009. Pours an amber brown without much head. The aroma is a little garbage with some coffee. Flavor is coffee with some roastiness and some nice hoppiness, overall the beer is dry and very nice tasting.

cola color, tan head. nose is very nutty and slightly chocolatey. hint of alcohol in the flavor, noticeable chocolate and roast.

Dark mahogany pour with a brown head., Aroma is roasted malt. Taste is a nice rich roasted malt, a little nutty. I like it.

Roasted malts, coffee and grains in aroma. The flavor is coffee, malts and a mild acidity/fruitiness in finish. Almost like a Coffee Brown Ale, pretty good.

Very dark espresso brown with very little head. Meager roasty nose of dark malt, some nuttiness, and a touch of smoke. Medium body, good carbonation. Somewhat thin flavors. Darker and more roasty than most of this style lacks the sweetness found in most browns. Dry, like a schwartzbier or smoke beer. Decent, but maybe not a good fit for "brown."

Tap at Great River on Nov. 26, 2011. Dark brown pour. Rich nut and slight coffee - excellent beer.

UPDATED: MAR 31, 2012 On tap at the rodeo. Very dark brown probably black some head,nice palate medium full bodied with chocolate roast coffee smooth, lots of carmel and a fairly sweet brown ale with a pretty good balance of bittering.very good brown for the fewdozen ive tried but its better than most browns it seems.Pretty malty but nice hop balance with good chocolate and mild coffee notesVery dark for a brown but very tastey For an organic beer this is one of the best and if not only browns ive enjoyed, if you like brown ales this is really worth checking out. Re rate in a can non organic farmer brown- coffe roast malt,some yeastyness/fruitiness almost bannana even clove maybe,walnuts, chocolate. starting full but finishing medium bodied and dry with coffee choc and roast ,coffee roast but sorta smooth with acidity nuttyness shows as it warms and fruit towards the end with a light bittering with citrus tones lingering roast/chocolate.liked it better on tap,still good a little more fruity/yeast than on tap.

Draft sampler at the tap room. Solid dark chocolate bar color. Just a hint of brown malt, though, in my nose (my schnozz is fighting the sniffles and not cooperating with me in sensory analysis). Deep. deep roast malt, almost in porter-stout territory. A little coffee, then root beer right afterward. Quite easy drinking and flavorful, and that’s saying a lot for some of the organic beers I’ve tried.

On tap at the Davenport brewery. Dark, dark brown. Loads of coffee and bittersweet cocoa in the nose. An extremely roasty brown ale, mild-to-moderately sweet with lightly bitter roasted coffee bean finish. I actually found this to be very nice.

On tap at brewery, pours a murky brown with a thin head, aroma has a decent touch of caramel with malt, the flavor is pretty bland and boring with some caramel in the finish, meh.

On tap @ Great River Iowa City. Dark brown appearance with a light tan head. Nutty, brown malty nose. Slightly syrupy mouthfeel. Somewhat bitter, nut brown ale flavor.